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\ a W sorts of ways.

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SOMETIMES THE
ROUOH ART THAT
WAS PUBLISHER IN
THE MAGAZINES ARE
PRETTIER IN THE
GRAPHIC NOVELS.
OR, YOU CAN REAP
SERIES THAT RUN
CONCURRENTLY" IN
TOO AWN/
AAAOAZINES (THAT
MAKES IT HARP FOR
{ YOU TO CHASE
L AFTER EVER/
jlkEPlSOPE) IN ONE
PLACE.

...you
ALWAYS
REAP THE
MAGAZINES
THAT THOSE
MANOA
SERIES ARE
PUBUSHEP IN
l RIOHT?

WHAT
ARE THE
MERITS OF
BUyiNO
THE

GRAPHIC

NOVELS,

THEN?

HAMA...

you CAN JUST I
REAP THE MANOA
you LIKE WITHOUT
REAPING ANYTHING I
ELSE, ALL IN ONE I
BATCH. IT'S
EASIER TO STORE.
YOU CAN REAP THE
BEHINP'THE-SCENES
STORIES.

you Buy

A LOT OF
MAN &A ZACW
TIME, BUT...

FOR

NOW, STOP
WITH THOSE
ATTACKS
THAT SEEM
TO NARROW
THINOS
POWN TO A
PINPOINT.

/EAH

SUGGESTED

til

OKAy,
THERE,
NO MORE
PANOEROUS
TOPICS/

f SIS,
WHAT POES
TSUN-PERE"
MEAN?

IF YOUR HIP MEASURER
88 CENTIMETERS,

ALL THREE OF /OUR
MEASUREMENTS WOULP
HAVE MATCHING NUM¬
BERS... SO CLOSE/

LISTEN UP!
MY LITTLE
SISTER OOT
ACCBPTBV
TO RVOUOU
CHIOH
SCHOOL)/

I ALREAPY
COT A PHONE
CALL FROM
HER, NEESAN.

down.

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PURINC PUR
NEXT CULTURE
FESTIVAL,
WE'LL ALREAPy
HAVE TWP
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CHARACTERS
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great
figure!

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cartoon :YOSHIMIZU Kagami

• Comptiq, March 2005 issue

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WHERE I'LL
BE ATTENDING-
STARTING
APRIL...

contents

episode 26 Q05

run, run comenT:

episode 27 009

PARTY NIGHT

episode 28 014

THIS yEAR BEGINS

episode 29 018

ANOTHER CAREFREE yEAR

episode 30 022

VARIETY PACK

episode 31 031

CHOCOLATE-FLAVOREP AIR

episode 32 035

THE LAW OF THE LANP

episode 33 039

NEW STAR lh 1 |WV \\

episode 34 044

NUMBER 03 i Mi M ;i\ 1 V

episode 35 048

MOON TO THE EAST, SUN ffljPf ^ VPB|I
TO THE WEST 1 WiV** ^ Jj })k

episode 36 052

WHILE PRINKING SOMETHING 1

L'KE tea I VI r / k 1 1

episode 37 056

IT'S WHITE FOR NOW, BUT... 1 j

episode 38 061

THE WORLP yOU SEE WITH iiy / \ J \

YOU R HEELS UP

episode 39 067

SPINNING AROUNP fl Av/j l

episode 40 072

WITHIN RANGE OF EXPECTATION f 1/ \ T " 1

episode 41 077

COMING AROUNP, GOING AROUNP ^

episode 42 081

FRONT ANP BACK

episode 43 085

A CALM WAVE PATTERN

episode 44 089

THE EXTRAORPINARV LIFE AS PLANNEP

episode 45 094

LITTLE GIANT

episode 46 098

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

episode 47 102

FOR NOW, LET'S PRINK

episode 48 106

WRITE POWN "ANIMAL FORTUNES" ANP SEARCH

episode 49 111

as youR instincts guipe you

episode 50 H 5

joy OF KNOWLEPGE

episode 51 118

THE SECONP GENERATION

episode 52 121

BACK

episode 53 125

SIBLINGS, TAKE 2

episode 54 129

APEPT AT ONE'S ART

episode 55 133

NUMBER OF BULLETS

episode 56 138

LUCKy STAR

special *|46

EXTRAS

this wasn't the way it was supposed to be...

episode 26
run, run

UOH...

BASEBALL IS
BECOMING AN
EXISTENCE OP
BOREPOM FOR
s. ME ACAIN...

IP SEIBU
PISBANPEP THEIR
TEAM, I'M SURE
SEIYU WOULP NO
LONGER HOLP
v. SALES, EITHER.

MA'AM,

IP LOTTE WON
THE PENNANT
RACE, WOULP ALL
THEIR CANPIES .
BE CHEAPER OR l

V something? I

Itgoesjk

muoH f£j3
ther tn§3
my

histSI

WELL, THE PAIEI
HAWKS ARE NO
LONOER, SO I WAS
THINKINO THAT THEY
WOULP NEVER HAVE
A SALE ANYMORE...

K-KONA-

CHAN?

WHAT'S

WRONO?

50*

©h, are
vou taking
about
bjaseba"?

• Comptiq, January 2005 issue

ARE YOU ASKINQ
THAT QUESTION,
KNOWING THAT
LOTTE HASN'T WON
THE PENNANT RACE
FOR THE PAST 30
v *el YEARS?

005

showtime

with you, on holy night

we wave a

UMtTEP-TIME
EVENT PURINE
THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON.

006

times change

a dreamy time for you

9 ) /VbL ,

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007

case by case

a healthy balance

008

testing luck

episode 27
party night

• Shonen Ace, February 2005 issue

009

that which passes by

if it's something given to you

X UAV

BELIEVER
IN MR.
SANTA
FORA
LONG
TIME AS
WELL...

vuki-chan,

UNTIL WHEN PIP |
YOU BELIEVE IN
SANTA?

•Somehowi g e t the I
feel/ng that you
were Uke me, and ,

WOW....!'

A trage/Jv

brought forth

3 y a personalty

mot Well®' ooK

THAT WAS WHEN
X CAME ACROSS
Pfered PHRASES SUCH AS
VBE£fy "WHAT CREATEP
HL SANTA CLAUS''
OR "ORIGINS OF
SANTA."..

010

neesan, why

PON' T you TRY
GOING BACK TO
YOUR FOLKS IN-
STEAP OF OUR
PLACE EVERY

LISTEN TO ME...

IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE,
BUT MY HUBBY'S
NOT AROUNP AGAIN
TONIGHT...

My plans for just
the two of us

OH, HELLO, YUI?
XT'S ME CTHE
HUSBANP)... X
WAS PLANNING
ON SURPRISING
YOU BY SNEAK¬
ING BACK HOME,
BUT THE POOR
V IS CLOSEP.

ARE YOU AT
YOUR PARENTS'
PLACE? OR WITH
THE IZUMI FAM¬
ILY? I CAN HEAP
OVER THERE
RIGHT NOW-

various ways of spending the holy night holy night express

KONATA IZUMI

birthday.may 28
sign:gemini

A girlthat loves manga, anime, and games.
Because of that, her thought patterns are often
affected by the titles she loves...5he has

\ very high athletic talents, but is an indoor
girl that never makes full use of her

potential. /

014

all sorts of shapes

asking god

COME TO THINK,
516, YOU RBAUY
WERE PRAYING
FOR SOMETHIN#
FEVERISHLy
V EARLIER...? A

TSUKASA, PIP
you guys
PRAy FOR
SOMETHIN#
l TOO?

ipiot/ you

PON'T HAVE
TO SAY
STUFF LIKE
THAT/

NO, NO, I
HAVE TO HAVE
KASAMI IN A
PIFFERENT
CLASS.

W-WHY IS
THAT!?

Slightly

shockedat

4 - heart

I wasn’

enthusi

J- JUST A SMALL
TH0U6HT THAT
THIS yEAR I'P
LIKE TO BE IN
THE SAME CUSS
i ASTSUKASA
Ik ANP MiyUKI.

SIS, WHAT
ABOUT
KONA- j
CHAN?J

I MEAN, yOU
KNOW, THAT WAy
I CAN BORROW
STUFF WHEN I
FOR#ET, ANP
I WON'T SET
CAUSHT WHEN

, I copy HOME-

V WORK...

THEN yOU CAN
BE THE ONE TO
NOT BE IN THE
SAME CUSS
AS THE REST
V OF US.

And if Kagami
i shows up in
my class, my
f academic
rank within my
class will drop
too.

SHUT UP! I KNEW
YOU'P MAKE FUN
OF MB UKE THAT -
THAT WAS WHY IT
WAS SO HARP TO
TALK ABOUT IT! \

KASAMI, yOU
KNOW, yOU'RE
PRETTy CUTE.

And that show
of resistance is
just so.... +

016

TSUKASA HIIRAGI

Birthday:July 7
5ign:cancer

The younger twin sister of Kagami, and Konata’s
good friend.5he has a huge heart for brushing
aside all of Konata’s foolish comments.

But perhaps she is j ust going with the
flow of the atmosphere.5he is the
stereotypical good-natured
“healer” type.

017

the goddess smiles

II M iiTiii li ffliii'iiiinlliii— 77 M

episode 29
another

carefree year

• Comptiq, February 2005 issue

018

/ WHETHER OR HOT

YOU'Re / SOMETHING &OOV

RIOHT, \ HAPPENS ULTIMATELY
BUT \ PEPBNPS OH HOW HARP
Thors not \ THAT PERSON WORKS.

something \

someone asso-V Fortunes are merely jfMfs
Ciated with the /V a test of luck. VjLU
fortunes should^ &W

besayingV r ■» f

mu, it is

THE NEW
YEAR'S.

ALSO,
CIRCULAR
SHAPES CAN
ALSO MEAN
A HARMONI¬
OUS FAMILY
AS WELL.

eye candy

even the truth before your eyes show

HM? WELL,
YOU'RE NOT
coMPiereLY
WRONO.

WAS THAT * y ™JL T

THE ORIGIN OF

KAOAMI? x M4P 4

THOUGHT...

degree of trust

bait

THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S
PERIVEP FROM THE
WORP "POCHITTO CJUST
A LITTLE BID" OR "KO-
REPPOCHI CMEREL/ THIS
MUCH)" ANP IT MEANS
. A BAG TO PUT SOME
\ CHANGE IN. A

“pochitto" is
used more in

wes^rn Japan,

a nd“korep-
Dochi” is more
a dialect for
eastern Japan.

HAPPy NEW
yEAR/ THIS IS
THE TAKARA
RESIPENCE.

SEE...

OH, MiyUKI-SAN?
X HAVE A QUES¬
TION ABOUT THE
ORIGIN OF THE
TERM "POCHI
BAGS."..

Happy new

you KNOW,
you Guys
REALLy ARE A
FAMILy THAT
GETS ALONG
WITH EACH

....WELL,

ANP 60 , APPARENTLy
HE'S REALLy HAPPy
THAT X COME By
HIM, ANTICIPATING
THE RECEIPT OF NEW
yEAR'S ALLOWANCE.

020

KAGAMI HIIRAGI

Birthday:July 7
sign.cancer

Tsukasa’s older twin sister. Like her sister, she is
Konata’s good friend.5he has a normal train of
thought, so she often quips remarks at Konata.
5he may perhaps be the most decent
person in the series.5he is the “tsun-
dere” type that is very loyal and
emotional once you get to
know her.

021

rate of encounter

episode 30
variety pack

• Shonen Ace, March 2005 issue

EJuckv

ras'i

and so, watching tv and reading

calories spent

SINCE WE PONT
HAVE A MOM IN THE
FAMILY, I PONT
THINK I'VE EATEN
STUFF LIKE OZOUNI
k FOR THE MOST ,

SPEAKINO OF
ENJOY1NO THE
NEW YEAR...

THERE ARE
SO MANY PE-
UCIOUS WAYS
OF EATINO
MOCHI.

X USUALLY

NOWAPAYS

SPENT MY

THEY SAY IT'S

TIME REAPING

PANOEROUS

WATCHING

Ur r U UL

TV... STUFF

WIRES PR THE

PUT ypu
NEVER SEE
PEOPLE ACTU¬
ALLY PLAYINO
CAMES LIKE

OZOUNI, MOCHI IN
REP BEAN SOUP,
MOCHI WITH SWEET
SOYBEAN POWPER,
MOCHI IN A SWEET
YET SPICY SAUCE, I
MOCHI WITH ORAT-
EP PAIKON, MOCHI
WITH SWEETENEP

VSOY SAUCE...

mL

0

OH, THAT THINC-
THAT 16 6AIP TO
BE GOOD LUCK
IF YOU 6EE A
CERTAIN THINC- IN
v THE PREAM?

THEY NORAAALLy
6Ay "FUJI FIR6T,
HAWK6 6ECONP,
ECCPLANT6

a person's dreams and drawings

depending on who, five is

0

tf'laybeson-iej

or rather, old-fashioned

it happens every so often, right?

MY \MAGrB OF YOU,
MIYUKI-SAN, IS THAT
YOU'RE RICH AW VERY
WESTERNIZED S O I CAN'T
SEE YOU BATING- THE
. TRADITIONAL JAPANESE
\ NEW YEAR'S MEAL.

V Or

mooW.

THAT
IS NOT
REALLY
TRUE...

THE PEOPLE WHO
PINO INTELLIGENT
GAMES TO BE
A CHORE, LIKE
YOU, IS WHAT'S
MAKING JAPAN
GO BAP. J

BUT THE NEW
/EAR'S HOLIPA/
REALLY LEAVES
. SO QUICKLV

yOU'RE

RIGHT. WINTER
VACATION ENPS
SO QUICKLV

WAIT A MINUTE!
YOU DIDN'T EVEN
DO HALF OF WHAT
YOU JUST SAID!!

I didn’t get a new year’s card
\rorn you, and you copied my
homework yesterday!

run, and be merry

a modern girl

XT PEELS LIKE
I'M STUPING OLP
JAPANESE, ANP IT
POESN'T PEEL LIKE
A CrAm. I DON'T
LIKE IT.

can switch out photos

congratulations

X HEAR IT was ON A
SMALLER SCALE THAN IN
PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT
APPARENTLY THERE WERE
A PEW PEOPLE WH O MADE
A RIOT AT THE MATURITY
v CEREMONY A&A\N.

ffl

non-stop

an honest one

well, x hap my

HUS8ANP ANP ALL,
SO THE BEOINNINO
OF THE YEAR HAP
ALU SORTS OF
STUFF OOINO
ONI...

IT'S BEEN A
WHILE, NEE-
SAN.

WELL,
SHE'S VERY
FRAIL ANP
STUFF.

'

HOW TUB
TRUTH
COMBS
OUT BVBN
WITHOUT
ASKING...
MUSTBB
WHY SHBiSl

a com ill

WHOA! IT'S
NOT UKB I WAS
HO APING OUT
ON THB NBW
YBAR'SAL-
UOWANCB ANP
STUFF, OKAY?

i NO

ftnbun-

Jder-

||tand-

■ing5!

^iSI

ore^^j

029

MIYUKI TAKARA

birthday.October 25
sign:scorpio

5he is a good student, but she tends to be too
carefree at times, causing her to make mistakes
that are normally unthinkable.

\ No t only talented and intelligent, she is a
clumsy girl who wears eyeglasses -- a
. perfect “superhuman” girl with /
many factors of “moe.” s'

030

stock phrase

OH, X

UNPERSTANP
HOW SHE
FEELS...
KOTATSU ARE
SO NICE.

TSUKASA
IS ALWAYS
COOPEP
UP INSIPE
A KOTATSU
LATELY.

WHEN YOU'RE
IN A KOTATSU,
PON'T YOU FINP
EVEN OOINO TO
THE BATHROOM A
PAIN?

OH, YEAH, I
HEAR YOU.

BUT WE HAVE A
KILLER LINE AT OUR
HOUSE THAT PRIVES
THE PEOPLE COOPEP
UP IN A KOTATSU
OUT OF IT, YOU
KNOW?

OH? WHAT
IS IT?

episode 31

chocolate-flavored

air

• Comptiq, March 2005 issue

031

barometer

heaven and earth

"YOU

CAN'T

BUY

L cm:'..

EH? HE
LIKES IT,
JUST LIKE
ANYONE
ELSE.

SO YOUR
VAV IS FINE
WITHOUT A
KOTATSU?

THERE ARE
TIMES WHEN
BOTH OF US
FALL ASLEEP
AT THE KO¬
TATSU.

OH, I TOTALLY
UNPERSTANP
THAT... BUT THEY
SAY THAT YOU'LL
CATCH A COLP
WHEN YOU SLEEP
IN A KOTATSU. .

RIOHT, RIOHT.
THAT'S WHY X
TRY TO TURN
THE SWITCH OFF
WHEN X NOTICE
THAT HAPPEN-
, INC-.

IT'S ACTU¬
ALLY BETTER
TO SLEEP IN A
PROPER BEP
ANP STUFF...

BUT ALL
THESE VAL¬
ENTINE'S PAY
CHOCOLATES
IS A SION OF
SHOWINO LOVE
WITH MONEY IN
A WAY.

FOR SOMEONE
WHO'S ONLY HAP
ROMANTIC RELA¬
TIONSHIPS INSIPE
OAMES, THAT'S A
PRETTY HARSH
THINO TO SAY.

Something

that truly is a

combination

of heavenland

hell. I

WOW! I
TOTALLY KNOW
WHAT YOU'Re
GeTTINGAT!

JUST LIKE
RIOHT BEFORE
YOU TURN IT ON, I
WHEN A KOTATSU |
IS TURNEP OFF,

IT FEELS EVEN
COLPER,
POESN'T IT?

032

full swing

a delicious day

ACTUAL
VALEN¬
TINE'S
0 AY-

HA HA.

I TRIEP A
BIT HARPER
THAN
USUAL, y

TO a WHOA, you
|® rtl WRAPPER THE
11 CONTENTS
CAREFULLY ANP
STUFF, TOO.

SHE
SPENT
ALL NIOHT
MAKINO
ONE AFTER
ANOTHER.

TSUKASA
REALLy
OETS INTO
STUFF
LIKE THAT.

§!$Just

It lithe
I obtiga
tqfv ones,
||| too.

TSUKASA...
EVEN IF THEY'RE
OBLIGATORY,
IT'S BETTER IF
you PIPN'T GIVE
THESE OUT TO

yOU'RE
SURE
TO BE
MISUNPER*
STOOP.../

AAihen r

well,

MIYUKI-
SAN SAIP
YESTER-

pay...

THERE yOU
GOOFF SO
SUPPENLy
AGAIN...

I WANT
TOGO
OVER¬
SEAS.

MAYBE.

IN AMERICA ANP
EUROPE, X HEAR THAT
PEOPLE REOARPLESS
OF GENPER GIVE
CANPIES ANP CARPS
. TO PEOPLE THEy J
\ CARE ABOUT. /

J IT IS ONLy
' IN JAPAN THAT
WOMEN HANP OUT
THE CHOCOLATES
ON FEBRUARY 14.

THAT'S WHAT
SHE SAIP, SO IT
SOUNPS LIKE I
CAN GET A LOT
OF CANPIES ANP
STUFF AS A GIRL,
V you KNOW?

*>f e a YOUR SIMPLE

tMs°oVthe MINP ASIPE,
YOU'RE VERY
3be CONFIPENTIN
MANY WAYS

■Hk there.

B^rof (table
Hlfiviathat
I®oliId please
Hfeaga/n/a 5
HI well!

THAT'S FINE.
IN OTHER
COUNTRIES,
THE NEEP
FOR LITTLE
GIRLS IS Bl~

now... OKAY, STOP,
NONE OF THESE
PANGEROUS
COMMENTS//

033

birthday.'February 8
sign.aquarius

The teacher in charge of Konata’s class.5he
can be very scary at times when angry, but
the students love her as she is very easy to
approach. Loves to play online games and
V watch baseball games.Perhaps a very
\ spontaneous type of teacher /

that is easy to be friends

recent circumstances

tsun-dere express

LATELY, A LOT OF

THINOS ENP IN A SHORT

PERIOP OF TIME (EVEN

CONSIPERINO IN'OAMF

TIME) SO THE/ TENP

NOT TO EVEN TOUCH

VALENTINE'S VAY.

[i1

0

YUI NARUMI

birthday.October 7
sign:libra

A cop on a rampage. A good-natured oldersister
type that runs forward on with her groove and
her energy. Konata’s cousin.It’s a “surprise”
that she doesn’t get fired from the police.

A self-righteous woman that moves
along at her own pace.

038

but you buy it often

episode 33
new star

WELL, I'M SURE JWfim
THEY MARE AN AN- Wk/hen
IME OF IT BECAUSE
THERE WAS A BIT iM&M
OF MATERIAL TO J
MAKE A SERIES / fe

FROM IT. / F

BECAUSE A
LOT OF THEM
ALREADY HAVE
SO MANY VOL¬
UMES OUT.

11 And

Ipyou’re

te,

Ign/way,

ir/ght?

PON'T YOU BUY
| IT BECAUSE THE
STORY INTER¬
ESTS YOU?

OR WHEN THE
ART IS CUTE
IN THE ANIME,
BUT YOU CAN'T
BRINO YOURSELF |
TO FEEL ANY
MOE IN THE
MANOA/

THAT ANP
OFTEN TIMES
VOLUME 1 IS
OUT OF STOCK//

WELL, I Oil ESS
EVERYONE
THINKS THE
SAME THINO
THEN.

• Shonen Ace, April 2005 issue

039

depending on the road

the low have a lower

BUT TO OET
ACCEPTED HFRF
WITHOUT TROUBLE
MEANS THAT YOUR
COUSIN IS SMART.

YOU KNOW,
PEPFNPINO ON HOW
YOU INTERPRET THAT,
IT MAKES YOU SOUNP
VERY CONCEITEP-

you’re o<
student,

I’msurel’m
on the bor¬
derline...

THAT'S

RIOHT.

r ENTRANCE
EXAMS, HUH....
WE'LL BE EACINCr
ENTRANCE EXAMS
TOO NEXT YEAR.

X Y IT'S

f QUITE FAR

SHE'S ALWAYS TO COMMUTE
BEEN LIKE A LITTLE HERE FROM
SISTER TO ME ANY- HER HOUSE, SO
WAY, ANP WE KEPT SHE'S OOINO
IN TOUCH, SO NOT TO STAY AT MY
MUCH IS OOINO TO piACB STARTING
CHANCE. NEXT MONTH

re’re doing
nothing but

Wah.that

sounds

horrible.

EN¬

TRANCE

EXAMS...

YOU SHOULP
SERIOUSLY THINK
ABOUT YOUR
FUTURE, YOU
KNOW?

You’re saying

X WONPER
IF I'M OOINO
TO NEEP
THEM?

i haven’t thought
°r rny Career path
all yet.

Weyof

^epar/rfg

r obecom e

...MAYBE WE'LL
HAVE TROUBLE
FIOURINO OUT
WHICH 15 THE
YOUNOER
ONE? k

Because

you’reshort j

s. andstufh^^a J

NO, I'M TELLINO
YOU, 6HE'S
JUST LIKE A
LITTLE SISTER
TO ME.

In allsorts of
ways.

ZS 5A2E 7?/>4r
VNY!?

What
kind of a

family is
1 this!?

Wife. -

040

the ultimate combination

nature

I'M THE
ONLY ONE
TO ATTENP
R/OUOU
PROM My
JUNIOR

ANP SINCE
I PAUL SICK
OPTEN, X'M
WORRIEP ABOUT
WHETHER OR
NOT I'll BE
ABLE TO MAKE
PRIENPS.

0

YUTAKA
KOBAYAKAWA

birthday.December 20
sign.-sagittarius

10th grader in Ryouou Academy. Yui’s younger sister
and Konata’s cousin. An honest girl, and true to
her name she is plentiful (yutaka) in her facial
expressions.5he tends to be a bit shy, but is
very friendly once she gets to know you.

5he is a bit frail and gets sick often -
she is the type that heals others
with her presence.

CP*

a

043

APPARENTLY YOU
CAN NOTICE CALLS
UKE THAT RI6-HT
AWAY IF YOU USE
CALLER IP.

I hear companies
of that sort always
. have their calterlD
blocked.

that black you-know-what

episode 34
number 03

• Comptiq, April 2005 issue

uycky.

Stan

IS THIS
CAW LE

I THOUGHT yOU
KNEW CALLS
LIKE THAT RIGHT

Amy....

visual interest

this and that in life

OH, THE
AROMATHERAPY
ONE? I'M JUST
PRETENDING
TO KNOW, OR
RATHER, JUST
GETTING INTO
IT...

;t smells nice, >
you know?

MINAMIIWASAKI

birthday:5eptember 12
sign.virgo

Yutaka’s classmate.5he is basically silent and
expressionless, so she is the type that is easily
misunderstood.With aslender figure,she is
always worried about how her breasts
are flat.The genius type that can
do almost anything without
much trouble.

047

passing by

SJuSR^SJan

ANP SO SHE
LENT ME
HER HANP-
KERCHIEF,
TOO.

I'M SO

HAPPY THAT X
MIOHT MAKE
A REALLY
OOOP FRIENP
ALREAPY.

episode 35
moon to the east,
sun to the west

Comptiq, April 2005 issue

[tela

MISAO

KUSAKABE

birthday: July 20
sign.cancer

Kagami’s classmate. Gets along well with Ayano
Minegishi, her childhood friend.5he has
actually been in the same class as both

\ Kagami and Ayano since j unior high. A
simple, cheerful girl.The type that
loves the outdoors, and doesn’t /
v give much thought into yf

he screams from the soul

episode 36
while drinking
something like tea

THE NUMBER O?
CRIMES THAT TARGET
CHILDREN REALLY HAVE
BEEN ON THE RISE
LATELY.

\ Y °U5houldb e
\V careful too,
lYV Y o-chan.

I REALLY
WANT

TO TELL
THEM
SOME¬
THING...

SI

lllli unp/rpon-

ABLE.

A

%

m

[ / s fh oughido

1 / # \^ n derstand

| ^/ >5:< wanting to r do

PON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE
THINKING BUT
PLEA5E PON'T PO
ANYTHING THAT
YUI-NEESAN CTHE
POLICE) WILL CATCH
YOU FOR.

•CompAce vol.l, extra issue for May 2005

052

endurance

a strange feeling around the stomach

CDtmi^CA-

OH... WHEN
IT'S THIS LATE,
GOT THIS
QUBSVON
WRONG...

k It’s almost

end of the

iPeeir^^c

SHE SA W SHE
WAS GOING OUT
WITH A COUPLE
FRIENPS FROM
HER CLASS. J

sy the my,

WHERE'S

KACAMI

TOVAY?

TSUKASA, CAN YOU STOP
RECIRINQ WHETHER OR
NOT THE CONTESTANT
GOT THE QUESTION
RIQHT BASER ON HOW
MUCH AIRTIME THE
SHOW HAS LEFT WHEN
V THEY GOTO A COM-
£V MERCIAL BREAK?

X MEAN, I CAN'T
BEAR WITH THE
SUSPENSE AT
All!

. And they drag it out
N. for so long, too! >

You’re lonely,
aren’t you...

SOMEHOW...

I FEEL FRUS¬
TRATE?, OR
SOMETHING IS
MISSINO...

053

a place of respite

a big friend

THEN, ON THE OTHER
HANP, WHEN /OU
WERE LITTLE, WERE
yOU NOT ABLE TO
KEEP UP WITH THE
CONVERSATION WITH
k FEAAALE FRIENRS? A

ACTUALLY, THAT TyPE
OF STUFF WAS THE
STUFF I WATCHER
MORE OFTEN, SO X
COULR TOTALLy KEEP
up, you KNOW?

EH? OH,
SURE, I
SEE....

054

AYANO

MINEGISHI

birthday: November U
5ign:5Corpio

Kagami’s classmate. A bright, gentle “good-
natured girl ”5he acts as the parental figure for
the slovenly Misao, but her nature in liking

\ to take care of others lets her enjoy the
situation .5he is the “older sister” type
that is good at taking care of /

when in rome...

episode 37

it's white for
but...

now.

• Shonen Ace, May 2005 issue

056

pin-point attack

take the main hold

point of capture

y OU ASKEP AFTER
CHECKING THE PLACE
WHERE ALL THE KIRS
WHO WERE ABSENT
FOR THE CLASS
PHOTO SHOOT OET
PUT FIRST PIPN'T

you?

Just becausel
^tended to be absent’

059

XT'S NOT
LIKE YOU TO
REALLY OIVB
UP.

KAOAMI, I'LL
OET THAT THINO
X OAVE UP ON,

so can you

ORAB IT FOR
v me?

I PONT
HAVE MUCH
LEEWAY
FINAN¬
CIALLY THIS
MONTH.

For some reason
adding / 5 easier’
to adjust per¬
fectly more than
subtractingat
t/mes like this

one push

iluckv

tar

happening

episode 38

the world you see

with your heels up

• Comptiq, May 2005

ftonaro’51

7

^ PURINA THIS SEASON,
I ARE THERE MORE
r CONVENIENCE STORE
'} THEFTS THAT PRE-
( \ TENP TO BE JUST

L^\ H AVI NO A BAP CASE
^7 V OF HAY FEVER?

completion

PUNNO..

Thought’s

distinctly

putting up a front

obstacle

W-WeLL,

ymw

063

clothes

or rather, regression

yEAH. SINCE OUR
UNIFORM ms A BIT
PULL, X THOUGHT
I COULP STILL
WMR IT AS STREET
CLOTHES.

^S^Teither.^V

I SEE... 1
KAGAMI, WHAT

pip you Guys
PO TO yOUR
UNIFORMS
ANP STUFF?

WE SAVE OURS
AWAy TO THE
YOUNGER KIPS
IN THE NEIGH¬
BORHOOD

WHAT ABOUT

you?

Though Insure

nobody wouid
. be wanting it
^because it’s so

Vsmall. J?i

HMM...

MAYBE WHERE
EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES ARE
NOT FORCEP ON

you..?

BUT

POESN'T
THAT
PEPENP
ON THE
SCHOOL?

AMP, IT TAKES A
BIT OF TIME TO
COMMUTE, SO
IT MIGHT USE
A BIT MORE
STAMINA? j

W SINCE WE'RE A
f COLLEGE PREP
SCHOOL, THE
CURRICULUM MIGHT
BE MORE PIVERSE
ANP FAST-PACEP
COMPARER TO
JUNIOR HIGH.

065

negotiation

I PEBATEP
FOR THE
LONGEST TIME
WHETHER TO
GOON THE
OFFENSIVE OR
DEFENSIVE,
AN PEN PEP
UP 7RAP/NG
IN FOR THE
ITEM.

houtdl trade

, for it to get it

iow? Mo.no....

THE OTHER
PAY, THERE
WAS A POINT
TRAPE-IN
ITEM THAT
I XtNPA
\ WANTEP.

Don’t getso
passionate.
It’s onlysome
goods.

BUT IMMEPIATELY
AFTER THAT, A
NEW ITEM THAT
I WANT COMES
OUT!

V i don’t have

enough pointy

you pb-

ALLY APB
ENJOY1NO
LIFE....

From Gamers, February 2005 issue •

episode 39
spinning around

X PON'T HAVE
TO OUESS THAT

what you

JUST SAIP IS
NOT A COMPLI¬
MENT?

• Comptiq, May 2005 issue

067

generic term

evil theory

BUT YOU'Re
WELL O FF BECAUSE
YOU HAVE 0009
ATHLETIC REFLEXES,
KPNA-CHAN.

IT'S RATHER
BUSY PURINA
SPRING VACATION
TOO.

yUTAKA, you
REALLY ARE A
HUMBLE, CALM,
SERIOUS COOP
OIRL.

STOP FINPINO
FAULTS WITH
EACH ANP EVERy
COMMENT...

BUT WHEN yOU
WATCH RECENT
NEWS, THAT'S
NOT REALLy A
COMPLIMENT
EITHER.

I understanfjhat

068

and the world turns again today

dreams expand

WE DON'T

have A BIG
WHITE DOG OR
A PARASOL AT
OUR HOUSE,

BUT THERE
IS A HOUSE
LIKE THAT IN
OUR NEIGH¬
BORHOOD

OH, THAT
SOUNDS LIKE
A GOOD I VBA.

Since she lives
far away, we ve

never been there,

either. V

r SINCE WE HAVE
THE CHANCE,
LET'S ALL GO
VISIT MIYUKI-SAN
AT HER PLACB
DURING SPRING
BREAK/

AND, THE GIRL
WHO LIVES IN THAT
HOUSE IS GOING
TO ATTEND RYOUOU
PROM THIS YEAR,
TOO!

NO, NO, MAYBE
SHE HAS SECU¬
RITY GUARDS
PATROLLING
AROUND THE
HOUSE.

AAAYBE
SHE HAS
A POOL IN
HER YARD/

MIYUKI-SAN'S
FAMILY IS
REALLY RICH,
RIGHT?

I wonder what her
V house is like?

No,I’m

sure it’s a
lot mo£e

Wrmqa

MY FRIEND'S
COUSIN IS APPAR¬
ENTLY GOING TO
START ATTENDING
RYOUOU FROM
THIS SPRING. .

SHE'S
LIKELY
TO HAVE
SOME
PET.

f A MY IMAGE OF
White HER SAYS
one! SOMETHING
\jr LIKE A FER-

V ret.

NO, NO, IT
HAS TO BE A
DOG. A BIG,
WHITE DOG.

t And a big yard,
V and a white
parasol, j

AT THE*
LEAST,
SHE
MIGHT
HAVE A
POG.

070

modern pirates

OH, THIS
MANGA
PUBLISHED
A GRAPHIC
NOVEL.

X NEEP TO 00
TO GAMERS ON
SUNPAY.

IT'S SUCH
A RAIN THAT
STORES LIKE
THIS DON'T
OPEN STORES
OUT IN THE
MORE RURAL
AREAS.

I'M IN A SLIOHT
BIND THIS MONTH,
BUT IT EATS AWAY
SO MUCH MONEY
AND TIME WITH
TRAIN FARES AND
TRAVEL TIME.

I w ant

one of

these
stores
near us

A LOT OF
SHOPS HAVE
ONLINE SHOP¬
PING OPEN
NOWADAYS,
YOU KNOW?

SO, WOULPN'T
SHOPS LIKE
THAT HAVE
SUCH A
THING, TOO?

MUNCH

munch

Though,
i of j
VoourseJ
! you 1
| can get!
jf points ’
v even
Xfrom
online
ora’ers.

YOU DON'T OET IT... THE
FUN PART IS TO &0 TO
THE STORE YOURSELF
AND WANDER AROUND TO
SEE IF YOU CAN FIND AN
UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY
V COF AN ITEM}/

WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING POESN'T
MAKE SENSE.

You’re totally
set on spending
money!

jmsM

071

• From Gamers, March 2005 issue

the ring spreads

episode 40
within range of
expectation

• Shonen Ace, June 2005 issue

{Jyjckv:

fm

feeling of superiority

character type

HOMEROOM, NEW TRIMESTER

X WON'T ANNOy

you By TELLINO

you to sTUpy,

BUT THIS IS yOUR

LAST YEAR IN

HIOH SCHOOL, SO

PLEASE SPENt/

yOUR TIME

WISELW

0

reaching oat

can't suddenly change

piling up love

YES, IT'S

fine.

YOU REALLY BUY
SO MANY COPIES
OF THE SAME
BOOK!

If you do/tin a normal
bookstore, they

apparently look at you
funny,50 Kona-chan
was5ay/ng,“i don’t
recommend amateurs

to try this

THESE THREE
ARE ALL THE
SAME BOOKS,
BUT IS IT ALL
RIGHT?

BEFORE I GET TO
WHETHER OR NOT I
VO, I WOULDN'T BUY
SO MANY COPIES IN
THE FIRST PUCE.

I don’t know

how your senses

measure

WHEN SOMEONE
TELLS YOU SOME¬
THING LIKE WHAT HE
JUST TOLD ME, DON'T
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE
ACCOMPLISHED SOME-
V THING?

From Gamers, April 2005 issue

the miracle that exists here right now

but, yu-cuah,

YOU FORGOT THE
POSSIBILITY OF HER
OETTINO ACCBPTBV
BUT CHOOSINO NOT
TO ATTBW THIS
V SCHOOL, PIPN'T

/v you?

I-It’s okay
because the
end result was

all rigM!

episode 41
coming around,

going around

• Comptiq, June 2005 issue

077

unable to block

territory

BUT I Lose
CONSCIOUSNESS
BEFORE I KNOW IT/
THOSE OUYS
CSLEEPINESS)
SUPPENLY ARRIVE/ IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE TO BLOCK
THEM OFF/

. Even/fl try to force

my notes get nil
~^l„«fc/re55ed up

YOU PON T >
REALLY NEEP
TO MAKE SUCH
A HEATEP
ARGUMENT TO A
TEACHER...

K

exchange of equivalents

unable to copy

YOU REALLY
DON'T REALIZE
ANYTHING, VO

AREN'T YOU
LOOK ING
FORWARD TO
TOMORROW?

HBY, LET'S GO
HOME.

| i guess
I’lltag
' along
With you.

WHEW, X
BOUGHT
A LOT. I
BOUGHT 60

From Gamers, May 2005 issue

caught it, caught it

EXACTLY
HOW MANX
THINGS PIP
you WANT?

*> ubo t u 2h

^o^'-C'V

I'M MORE
SURPRISEP
THAT YOU WENT
TO A NORMAL
BOOKSTORE. /

X COULPN'T FINP
WHAT I WAS LOOK¬
ING FOR AT THE
LOCAL BOOKSTORE,
SO I'M HEAPINO TO
V OAMERS.

shine bright, great civilized country

rationing

f X WONPFR
WHAT THE CRITERIA
FOR AS5I0NIN0
5TUPENT5 TO THE
CLASSES ARE.

LATELY,
THERE
APPAR¬
ENTLY IS THIS
WONPERFUL
THINC THAT
k SEARCHES

ANP AUTO¬
MATICALLY
RECORPS
PROCRAMS
WHEN YOU
SET TITLES OR
KEYWORPS.

this year.r/yT!

loingtouseTbai

S'&ordawflfl

youKn°w?ffl

PERHAPS TO

PREVENT FROM
PEOPLE WITH
SIMILAR TEST
SCORES TO ALL
BE IN THE SAME
CLASS, OR TO
SPLIT UP CLOSE
RELATIVES AS
.MUCH AS POS-

VSIBLE...

I HAVE ALSO
HEARP ABOUT
SPLITTING UP THE
PROBLEMATIC STU-
PENTS AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE, YOU
KNOW?

There also may be
slight discrepancies
based on regi° n j

and the actual /

schools.

M ^ere is also
i^ether or not yo ,

jgwssss

BUT THEN, HIOH
SCHOOL IS WHERE
PEOPLE OF SIMILAR
ACAPEMIC LEVELS IS
SUPPOSEP TO OATHER,
SO I OUESS THEY
REALLY PON'T HAVE THE
TRULY PROBLEMATIC <

v kips.

THAT

MAKES THE
SERIES
MORE
EXCITINO.

IN

PR AMA SERIES,
ALL THE
PROBLEMATIC
KIPS ARE ALL
PLACEP IN ONE
CLASS.

MIYUKI, YOU CAN MAKE
THE REBUTTAL THERE
THAT “WHY PON'T YOU
REALIZE THAT YOU ARE
THE PROBLEMATIC KIP"
TO HER RIOHT NOW.
YOU KNOW THAT, j
V RIOHT? A

thi ng-

083

HEV, I'M GO INO
TO TAG ALONG-
WITH YOU ON
YOUR DETOUR
TODAV.

COm RMEg, MATTER]

X HAVE A
LOT OF
PROJECTS
ANP STUFF
LATELY SO I
DON'T HAVE
MUCH TIME
TO REAP IT,
THOUGH.

PO YOU HAVE
SOMETHING
YOU WANT TO
BUY?

THAT'S

UN¬

USUAL.

MM... THE
NEW VOLUME
OF THE NOVEL
I'M REAPING.

OH, I HAVE A LOT
OF MANCA THAT I
HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO
REAP YET NEXT TO
MY PILLOW, BUT I
CAN'T HELP BUT KEEP
REACHING OUT FOR
THE NEWER TITLES.

L TMJS

Doesn’titgetin
the way when it
piles up?

w e \\,when
hey’re there,
reassures m<

DON'T BUy
NEW ONES,
AND JUST
READ WHAT

you'VE

OR, IT'S
MORE LIKE
IF IT'S NOT
THERE, IT
FEELS LIKE
I'M MISSING
SOMETHING?
GET IT?

WELL, IF I
BUY IT FOR
NOW, IT MAKES
ME FEEL
RELIEVED..

From Gamers, June 2005 issue •

084

the previous example is visible

tfljeKvSStari

episode 43
a calm wave

P

Prepared for the

WELL, NOT
ONLY PIPN'T X
OROW VERTI-
CALL/, I HAVEN'T
CHANOEP AT ALL
HORIZONTALLV,
k EITHER.

a living album

found out

crossroad

missing teeth

YU-CHAN, THERE'S
A PHONE CALI
FROM SOMEONE
l dod) NAMEP IWASAKI-
'V SAN.

OH,

OKAY.

vetoed

ALL RIOHT,
IT'S ALMOST
OOLPEN
WEEK,

THE PHONE
HAS BEEN
HANPEP TO
ME NOW.
YUP, YUP.

EH? X CAN
00 OYER TO
YOUR PLACE,
IWASAKI-
SAN/?

%

MAKE SURE TP REALIZE
THAT yPU HAVE COLLEGE
ENTRANCE LOOMING IN
FRONT OF yOU THIS
YEAR, ANP EXERCISE
MOPERATION IN SPENP-

AS WITH
THE
EXAMS
YOU'LL
PET RIOHT
AFTER
you COME
BACK,

OH, SORRY,
I'LL KEEP MY
VOICE POWN.

^rr-~

SHE'S
REAP¬
ING OUR
MINUS!

087

house of candies

There’s something
similar to hypno¬
tism that makes

BUT WHEN YOU
&0 TO SH OPS
LIKE THAT,
PON'T YOU ENP
UP WANTING
ALL SORTS OF
STUFF?

including stuff

I PON'T
HAVE MUCH
FINANCIAL
FREE'
POM THIS
MONTH,

THAT'S NOT ITU
IT'S A SERI¬
OUS CONCERN
ONLY FOR
PEOPLE WHO
COMMUTE TO
THOSE PLACES
OFTEN!!

ISN'T THAT
JUST THAT
YOU'RE A BIT
WEAK..?

Chara-Bee, January 2005 issue •

088

unchanging scenery

episode 44
the extraordinary

life as planned

THAT MAKES
ME WONPER, X
WONPER WHEN THE
LAST TIME MV MOM
OAN/E ME A BIO
, HUO WAS?

• Shonen Ace, July 2005 issue

089

welcome

specific genre

THAT
REMINPS
ME, WE'VE
NEVER
OONE
THERE...

AM/BE
XU £0
visit you

AT WORK
SOMEPAV

THE PEOPLE
AT WORK TOLP
ME THEy'P
CELEBRATE IN
SOME WAV

BUT REALLy,
A LOT OF
THEM ARE
STRANOE
LIKE THE
STUFF IN
OAMES.

The other user5

are getting

troubiedbV’ *

sol'd realty ' ,ke /
tKemtostopvCf

X'P THINK
THEy WERE
INFLUENCEP
By THEM...

kldon’tW

'want t!|»
5^e5t^fl

•'iikethatl

'censored*

090

reason why™

nothing go'"9

v thecVubs.

7 WHEN THE
USUAL CLUB STUFF
IS SUPPENL Y 60NF,
THERE'S NOTHING
LEFT TO VO.

adventurous spirit

season of lethargy

THAT'S WHY
YOU STUVY,
ISN'T IT?

After aU. that’s the

time table

I PON T THINK
IT'S BIRPS OF A
FEATHER FLOCKING
TOGETHER, BUT X
WAS JUST WON-
PERINO IF SIMILAR
TYPES OF FRIENPS
NATURALLY OATHER
AROUNP YOU.

WHAT'S

WR0N6?

OH, WELL
UM...

hot town

HEV, GUYS! TUBY'RB
OOINO TO ALLOW FOR
AN APVERTISEMENT
OF LUCKY STAR (US)
ON THE COMPVQ
POSTER TO BE PUT
UP IN AKIHABARA/ /

PERHAPS WE
SHOULP THINK OF
A CATCUY AV COPY
SO THAT PEOPLE
WILL STOP ANP
\LOOK AT US.... y

APVERTISE¬
MENT? WHAT
SHOULP WE TALK
ABOUT...?

, Maybe just the
^'v^release date?

HMM, WHAT
PRAWS AN
EYE IN AKI¬
HABARA...

THE CONTENTS ANP
GENERAL ATMOSPHERE
ARE RATHER INCOHER¬
ENT LIKE WHAT YOU
SEE HERE, BUT IF
yOU'P LIKE, PLEASE
TAKE US ALONO AS A
MEANS TO KILL TIME/
v ANP STUFF/

'/Wk. ’A.'

THERE'S NO
WAY YOU CAN
PLEASE EVER/-
ONE IN THIS
WORLP.

you HAVE
SUCH LOW
AMBITION/

• Comptiq advertisement poster

093

assertion

NORMALLY,
ARGUMENTS
Q F THAT SORT
ARE JUST
MOCKER AT,
SAY! NO THAT
OTAKUS ARE
OETTINO RES-
PERATE.

KAOAMI,
YOU'RE
A OOOR
PERSON
AFTER
ALL.

SOMEHOW..
X FEEL BAR

uueky.

tan

episode 45
little giant

BEE

X MEAN, NOW I
CAN PLAY ALL
THOSE CUTE CIRL
CAME WITHOUT
FEAR NOW.

yOUVE BEEN PLAY-
INC THEM WITHOUT
FEAR FOR ALL THIS
TIME AUREAPY.

In the first place, is it all

right for students to be ,

playing stuff like that?/

WHEN I LOOK
AT THE PEOPLE
AROUNP ME,
WHEN THERE ARB
TWO SISTERS IT
SEEMS LIKE ONE
IS ABSORBING
SOMETHING FROM
THE OTHER...

...OR SHAR¬
ING TRAITS OR
SOMETHING. KINPA
LIKE THEY'RE
COUNTERPARTS
FOR EACH OTHER.

BUT WHEN
YOU CET TO
OUR ACE, IT'S
NOT REALLY
A HAPPY OC¬
CASION TO BE
ANOTHER YEAR
OLPER.

under the sun

concave, convex

I'M SORRY, I FOR¬
GOT TO TELL YOU
EARLIER, BUT EV¬
ERYONE AT WORK
15 THROWING A
PARTY FOR ME TO
CELEBRATE TO- -
NIOHT, 60 I WON'T
NEEP PINNER.

Andl’U be home late.

into the darkness

adult, only on data

A PASSIONATE,
JUVENILE HEART/

Y-YOU NEEP
PREAMS ANP

hide-and-seek

a^e»^v.^7r,- | , l | l | - [ r ^ -77 a

episode 46
it's been a while

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ABOUT rr
THAT WAY,
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I'M USEP TO

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YZS, HELLO?

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uoh... but rr

POES PEPRESS
ME AFTER ALL...

AT THIS RATE, My
LOVE IS OOINO
TO OET RUST/ AS
WELL SOMEPAy,
you KNOW/?

We«,tha^s not
going to happen v

EH? THEN

THAT PIPN'T

\ yOU'RE ABLE

EVEN TAKE 45 1

\ TO COME

MINUTES. J

\ HOME?

Thatwos /

X^^instant.

TRy TO
CHEER ME UP
EVEN JUST
A LITTLE BIT,

will you?

WELL... IF y0U
WENT SOMEWHERE
LIKE AN AUTO
REPAIR SHOP, YOU
MIOHT BE FIXER IN
LIKE 45 MINUTES.

lilil

5o you glance over
it without reading?

I ir> stooping down
ToKonata’s level if I

start talking about

I JUST
JUMP PASS
IT BBCAUSB
THERE'S SO
MUCH MORE
STUFF TO
R BAP.

OH NO,

X PIPN'T
MEAN IT
THAT WAY
AT ALL.

try pulling

andstii

1G °bu^ 5e

POESN T
MAGAZINES LIKE
THE ONE YOU'RE
REAPING NOW HAVE
ALL-TEXT SERIALS
L AS WELL?

Ik. And not Just

itlililTr comics.

I'M ALWAYS
LOOKING AT THE
ILLUSTRATIONS
FOR THEM...

SI£H. FOR
SOMEONE
THAT
SAYS ONE
THIN6- OR
ANOTHER
ABOUT
THEM,

YOU SURE
PON'T HAVE
MUCH OF
A “LOVE"
TOWARPS
THEM.

AS 1 '

JUST SAW,
I PIPN'T
REALLY SAY
ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.

Dragon Magazine, July 2005 issue

Are y°iij
some*

v%1S

not big, but an old child

yueky

tari

I

THEN HAVE 6EE...
SOME OF
THESE.

THEY'RE OUT
THERE...

THE ONES THAT
SEE ONLY THE
PRIZES ANP COM¬
PLETELY IONORE
THE SNACKS.

- WELL, IT'S THIS
TOY THAT COMES
WITH A SNACK...
THE ONE THAT I
WANT I'M JUST
NOT COMINO
ACROSS.

I couldn’t help but
buy the entire case,
you know?

• CompAce vol.2, August 2005 extra issue

102

order

missed

THIS IS A
SPECIAL ABOUT
VOGG IES OF
THE WORLt ?!

PAR LETS
START POOS
RAISING ARE SO
OUR OWN CUTE...
POO.

COME ON,
TSUKASA,
YOU MAKE IT
SOUNP SO
EASY.

AND YOU
MISHT
OBJ DIF¬
FERENT
IMASES
OF THE
DOS AS
A PUPPY
AND AS A
SROWN
DOS - k

OBEPIENCE,
WALKING, FEEP-
INO, ET CETERA..
CAN YOU TAKE
PROPER CARE
OF IT?

You have to give
»t vaccines and
stuff too, you
/TV know? .

do you

REALIZE
THAT yOU'RE
SOINS TO
BE RAISINS
ANOTHER
LIFE, NOT
JUST SOME
INANIMATE
OBJECT?

X SEE,
SO IT'S A
RESULT OF
YOUR PAILY
EFFORTS.

I PON'T LIKE
MILK TOO
MUCH, SO
I AVOIPEP
PRINKINO IT.

103

to each her own

one way

really, its

SOMETHING THAT
DOESN'T MATTER
IN THE END, BUT
I THINK X OET
WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT.

?And normal

t people
have little

I recogni- I
f tionofthe \

vjor6,or a,r<z

feverishly

against its
k. usage.

BUT I'M REALLY
NOT SURE OP
THE DETAILS
MYSELF.

THERE'S NO
DOUBT THAT
IT IS AN EX¬
PRESSION OF
ADORATION,

My PINION 15
THAT YOU ARE
AN OTAKU IP yOU
CAN NATURALLy
EMBRACE THE
TERM WITHOUT
QUESTION.

104

now, let's talk

Hey, hey,
how much
of it did you
read?

# Dragon Magazine, August 2005 issue

105

as usual

palm

IT'S WHAT X CAN
ENJOY ONLY THIS
TIME OF THE YEAR,
SO BE A LITTLE
NICE ABOUT IT, AT
l LEAST.

ANIME HAS
com TO A
STANPSTILL IN
THE MEAN¬
WHILE/

DVDs arc

107

THAT HER \
FUTURE PREAMS \
HAP NORMAL
STUFF LIKE A
VETERINARIAN ANP I
A LAWYER. I

Though it was Just like J|
Konatato have different^!

. dreams every year, /mm

X CAN FIGURE OUT WHEN X
WHICH CAMES OR LOOK AT
MANOA I WAS STUFF

HEAVILY INTO AT LIKE

S, THE TIME. THAT,

50 that’s v
it is in the

pWheni

fc nd

pifeout/t,
|Sf course
m ifis -

I SHOULt?

A/WKE SURE

KONATA, YOU
SEEM TO BE SO
SLOVENLY, BUT YOU
KEEP STUFF LIKE
THAT SAVEP UP. I
WASN'T EXPECTING
w YOU TO.

just don't get it

pure, in a way

OH, I SEE,
SO THAT'S
HOW IT
WORKS...

focusing on one point

lopped ears

IWASAKI-SAN
WOULP PROB¬
ABLY BE A UAm,
BECAUSE SUE'S
JUST SO COOL
. AW AWESOME. .

YUI-NEESAN
IS PROBABLY
A MONKEY,
BECAUSE SUE
RUNS AROUNV
SO FULL OF
ENERGY ?

WHAT ARE
YOU RECITING
ALL OF A
SUDDEN?

WELL, X WAS
WONVER-
ING WUAT
EVERYONE
WOULD BE IF
TUEY WERE
ANIMALS.

YUKI-CUAN IS SO
GENTLE AW STUFF,
AW SEEMS KINPA
FLUFFY TOO, SO
MAYBE A SUEEP?

NO,

MIYUKI-
SAN IS.

WUY VO YOUR
IDEAS SO
SOUND LIKE A
MIDDLE-AGED
GUY?

...A COW,
NO MATTER
WUO SAYS
WUAT.

specially

around

Ifc^ere.

X SEE. YOU
JUST mm TO
SAY THAT I'M
SOMETHING
LIKE A TIQER
OR A WOLF,

don't you?

SINCE I'M
MISCHIE¬
VOUS, I
WOULD BE
A FOX.

YU-CUAN IS TSUKASA'S
LIKE A SMALL I MAGE IS
RODENT, SO JUST THAT
A SQUIRREL. OF A DOC.

THAT, IN ITS OWN
WAY, IS A BIT
EMBARRASSING,
SO STOP IT....

KAGAMI, SiNCE
you GET
LONELY SO
MUCH, you
MIGHT BE A
RABBIT...?

YourW/o

ponv ^" 5

\ 0 oK'>^ e

earsT <> 0

109

^^frched, arfefl

| I searched. 1

Honest\y,y° u
should j^st buy
new phone.

Mobile Newtype, April 2005 issue

the only old thing is the secret weapon

That’s a

goodthing...
but doesn’t

that make

something

hideous out
of the user’s

The recent
ones have all
sorts of new
features and
ore pretty
useful.

OH, YOU FINALLY
FOUNP YOUR CELL
PHONE?

THEN, PIP YOU
TOTALLY POWN
LOAP ALL THE
WALLPAPERS
ANP RING¬
TONES?

X UNEARTHEP IT
BECAUSE X WANTEP
TO USE MOBILE
NEWTYPE.

NO... IT TURNS PUT MY
CELL PHONE MOPEL WAS
TPP OLP TO ACCOtA-
MOPATE THE RINGTONES,
ANP THE WALLPAPER SIZE
. PIPN'T MATCH...

YOU LITERALLY
UNEARTHEP AN
ANTIQUE...

I'M PAYING SP MUCH
MONEY TP BUY THE
PHONE, YET SP SOON
AFTERWARPS A NEW
MPPEL WITH PIFPER-
ENT FEATURES ANP
. SPECS COME PUT...

THE APULT
WPRLP
IS SUCH
A PIRTY
PLACE/

IN THE FIRST
PLACE, IT'S NOT
YOUR OWN EX¬
PENSE SP PPN'T
COMPLAIN.

of course it's not there

KONA-CHAN
IS SAVING-
SHE POESN # T
HAVE AN
. UMBRELLA.

HEy,

LETS GO
HOME.

YOU SHOULD
AT LEAST
CHECK THE
WEATHER
FORECAST
BEFORE COM-
v INC.

HAHAHA. I
WONDER WHY
Boys NEVER
WORRy
ABOUT
GETTING
WET.

MAYBE I SHOULD
JUST 00 HOME
AND NOT WORRy
ABOUT GETTING
WET, LIKE ALL
THE BOyS.

ISN'T IT
BECAUSE THEV
PON'T HAVE
TO WORRy
ABOUT THEIR
BRAS SHOWING
. THROUGH?

you HAVE A
POINT THERE,
BUT THAT'S NOT
SOMETHIN# TO
PROUDLy SAY IN A
LOUD VOICE.

Can’t you be a bit
h. more bashful? >

episode 49
as your instincts
guide you

• Comptiq, August 2005 issue

m

BUT ONCE I USEV
IT, X TOTALLY FOR¬
GOT ABOUT BRING¬
ING TUB NEXT ONE
TO SCHOOL.

^ It’s not like it’s a

habit thatl have or
MV anything...

THE LESSON IS
THAT WHEN YOU
GET NEGLIGENT
OF THIN GS, YOU
JUST NEVER
LEARN ANY-
^ THING. .

good job, moc artist

When'
your 5

Wittgo 1

WHEN YOU'Re
SENPINO TEXTS
BACK ANP
FORTH, PON'T
you ENP UP
^ SOUNPINO
% A BIT MORE
Is. POLITE?

BUT IP YOU
VOW T USE IT AT
All, I THINK THE
BASIC CHARGES
THEMSELVES
TURN PUT TP
BE A WASTE PF
*V MPNEV

NO NITPIPKINO
THE RETAILS,
KA&Athl

HEY, KONATA.

even in family

extremes

, X KINPA
'RSTANP
IE yOU'RE
JO FROM.

get used to it,

sett patterns
^towttatthev
natty are. 7

ypu

JUST

SAIP

EPPNPM-

IPAL,

preconceptions

HMM... X
WONPER IF
X CAN PO
ANYTHING
ELSE—

FOR THE
WALLPAPERS
ANP RINO-
TONES....

JUST OIVE
UP ANP BUY
A NEW ONE.

ANP YOU CAN
PLAY OAMES
TOO. WOULPN'T
THAT MORE BE
TO YOUR UK-
INO?

IF YOU BUY A
NEW PHONE, YOU
CAN SET YOUR
WALLPAPER ANP
RINOTONES,

YOU KNOW...
PO YOU NEEP
TO BE TAU0HT
WITH MY
l°o n u PI5TS?

* do n »t m/nd
£onth| y5erv/

^arg e5and5f

Duy/ng a g aA n e

BUT I
NORMALLY
WOULPN'T
USE IT AT
ALL...

YOU'RE
JUST TOSS-
INC- THEM
ALL ASIPE.

Mobile Newtype, May 2005 issue

114

dangerous to call out repeatedly.

conversation

YOU KNOW
OHB OF THE
DOC OBEDI¬
ENCE THINOS,
OR RATHER,
TRICKS - THE
"CHIN-CHIN,"

X WONDER
WHAT IT j
MEANS? /

3Y THE WAy,
XVE HAD
THIS QUES¬
TION IN My
HEAD FOR A
L WHILE NOW.

OH, I TOTAUty
UNDERSTAND

I CAN UNDERSTAND
IT FOR DOOS AND
CATS, BUT THE IM-
ACE OF SOMEONE

THAT TALKS TO FISH

IS A VBRY LONELy
ONE...

PAMN YOU,
THAT'S
JUST
PLAIN
PRSJU-
PtCSH

ft'-

ft^r

ft^5

THAT!?

thoughts on gundam

episode 51
the second
generation

THEN, IF
THERE was
SOME¬
THING LIKE
"GUN PAM
SERIAL
MURPERS."

THE UGH...

SENSE OF Tp you
PUTT TO iwz

WATCH GUNPAM

# Gundam Ace vol.2,

November 2004 extra issue

118

gift

cheats

y on have

&Rom up

VAV,

YOU'RE

H or.

INTO A OIRL

THAT YOUR

RAP JUST

Or rather, that

APORES

line sounds pretty

dangerous

More childish...?

SHOCK

AT LEAST TELL
| ME THAT I LOOK
YOUNGER THAN
MY ACTUAL
AOE...

OR RATHER, X
THINK IT'S MORE
THAT YOU LOOK
MORE CHILPISH
THAN YOUR
ACTUAL AG E,
KONATA.

SO I HAVE
POUBTS ON
WHETHER OR
NOT TO USE
YOU AS THE
BASIS OF COM
PARISON.

No.fefJ

V°VLfI|ig

119

to defend or to move on

OH, BROTHER.
THESE PEOPLE
WHO THINK
BUYING
THINGS WILL
ALWAYS SOLVE
THINGS...

ISN'T IT A LUX¬
URY WHEN YOU
PON'T TRY TO
AAAKE PO WITH
WHAT YOU
CURRENTLY
L HAVE?

YOU cm ON RE¬
CENT MORELS...

why ron't you

JUST BREAK
ROWN ANR BUy A
NEWER MOREL?

WELL, IF I
COULR LOAR
RICTIONARIES
ONTO Tl...

YOU'RE
NOT TRY-

AAAKE VO
WITH WHAT

either V° u

ontitsomeone

teaches

Mobile Newtype, June 2005 issue •

120

woulp you

HAVE INTER-
ACTEP WITH ME
IN THE SAME
\NAV EVEN IP X
WAS A BOY?

ir j. i

If? J

r*A

yucky

Stai!

margin of error

episode 52

Hey vav.

POESN'T SHE?
KANATA me RE-
ALLY CUTB FROM
WHEN SHE me A
LITTLE 0IRL.

don't keep chasing her back

half of it is hiding embarrassment

X KNOW YOU WERE
HEAP-OVER-HEELB IN
LOVE WITH HER, BUT
I WONPER WHY MOM
MARRIEP yOU?

how is it?

growing up watching dad's back

123

the path leading to hope

go for it, ma-chan

I'M

STARTING TO
FEEL FAINT.

IT GETS PRETTY
GROWER.

OH?

X WENT TO THE
ARCAVE FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A
WHILE YESTERDAY,
AW I SUFFERED
TOTAL REFEAT.

KONA-
CHAN,
YOU GO
TO THE
ARCARES?

I'VE NEVER
BEEN THERE.
WHAT KINR OF A
PLACE IS rr?

YOU'RE REALLY
NOT AFRAIR
OF ANYTHING
ANYMORE, ARE
YOU?

Are you picking

A PLACE WHERE
YOU C-ET FORCER |
INTO A C-ROUP
OF BAR PEOPLE,
OR MONEY GETS
RIPPER AWAY
YOU...

124

gucKVSSt.ari

episode 53
siblings, take 2

HUHX EVEN
THOUGH YOU AL¬
WAYS ARB PLAY1NO
WITH YOUR CELL
PHONE SO MUCH/?

and you took so

ISN'T IT MORE
PUN TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE COOP
USE OP THEM?

AREN'T THERE
THINOS THAT MAKE

you HAPPy just By

TOUCHING OR LOOK¬
ING AT IT?

• Puchi-hon Himawari edition, winter 2005

BAH! I'LL TYPB

rr out for

YOU, SO HANP

rroveR!

IP. 5o irritating!!

I-IT'S OKAY!
I'M FINE, X
CAH VO IT
MYSELF/

just learning

director

YEAH.

RESEARCHING
HOW TO SAY
WISHES TO A
SHOOTING STAR
QUICKLY.

THOUGH FOR
STARTERS, I PON'T
THINK COPYING
HOMEWORK HAS
ANYTHIN# TO PO
WITH STUFF LIKE
THAT. j

Do your best and jrT\
do it yourseir^X^Jj

< WOULDN'T IT BE \
FASTER TO JUST >
TRY HARPER ANP
STUPY TOWARPS THE
PREAMS THAT YOU
HAVE INSTEAP OF PO-
IN# THAT?

thank you, older sister

WHO WAS THE
OLPER OF THE
TWO OF US WAS

JUST PETERMINEP

ON THE ORPER WE
CAME OUT IN
L THE WORLP,
ov RIGHT?

THEN, IF THINOS
WENT PIFFER-
ENTUY, X COULP
HAVE BEEN THE
OLPER SISTER,
RIGHT? /

• Puchi-hon Banana edition, winter 2005

head of dragon, tail of snake

contrast

ON, THEY’ RE
OUT THERE...
THE TYPE THAT
IS STRONGLY
LIKE A CHILP IN
SOME WAY5.

SHE S THE
TYPE THAT 15
OUNO-HO IN THE
BEOINNINO, BUT
STARTS TO WEAR
POWN OVER TIME.

buT
\ike

ANP WH/ POES
THIS SIPE SO
NOT HAVE AN/
PREAMS...

PUT NO MATTER
HOW YOU THINK
ABOUT IT, REALIS¬
TICALLY THINKING,
IT'S JUST IMPOS¬
SIBLE.

I can only think that
't s a superstition that
people made up be-

130

false accusation

rival

KONATA, CAN
I BORROW
YOUR WORLP
HISTORY TEXT¬
BOOK?

You always

v leave It.heref

school, rigW/

YEAH,

SURE.

This is unusual.

XT IS TRUE
THAT YOU HAVE
A STRONG-
SENSE OF
COMPETITION,
KAGAMI.

131

law of chain irritation index

WELL, YOU KNOW
WHEN YOU'RE IR¬
RITATED, DON'T YOU
MAKE A LOT OF
SMALL MISTAKES
THAT MAKES YOU
EVEN MORE IR¬
RITATED?

WHAT'S

mOHG.

HMM... X
JUST CAN'T
KPPP My-
SPLP BPINC

PR0PUC-

parent and child

XT REALLY HELPS
ME OUT A LOT
THAT YOU KNOW
SO MANY THINOS,
MIYL1KI. „

, because I can asK

Sgg!XX%*

^ away. ^

episode 55
number of bullets

i was so happy

WHEN YOU COMP U-
MENTEP ME, MOTHER,
THAT IT TURNER
INTO HABIT TO LOOK
UP ALL SORTS OF
THINOS.

• Puchi-hon Mikan version, winter 2005

133

WAIT A

MINUTE..? THE
FACT THAT
YOU START
THINKING OF
SOMETHING
ELSE

WHILE yOU'RE
POING SOME¬
THING MEANS
THAT YOU CAN'T
CONCENTRATE?
HUH? WHICH IS
IT??

IF THAT
WAS ME, I
WOULP BE SO
AWESTRUCK
WATCHING IT
THAT X WOULP
NOT BE ABLE
TO RECITE My
l WISHES AFTER
\ ALL.

PERHAPS
SEEING A WON-
PERFUL STAR
THAT SHINES
SO BRIGHUy
MAKES YOU
FEEL SO HAPPy
THAT SUCH A
SAVING HAS
BEEN HANPEP
POWN TO US.

I can only hear the songs now

difference

FOR SOME
REASON, WHEN
IT'S HOME EC, IT'S
STRANOE THAT J
MI/UKI SEEMS TO w
BE POINO LESS 5 °
THAN AVERAGE j
V AMONO US. A

NOW I
KNOW RE¬

ALLY WELL

HOW you
NORMALLY
LOOK
AT US,
KAOAMI. .

gi

Hehfceh

heh

BUT,

YOU

KNOW.

Mobile Newtype, July 2005 issue

g<J TsVo groove &
won r\ionK he °

ore^tSPssRW-

If Y? u . Wan tto liste
,,™ at much, just
listen on the CD oi
someth/ng.

HEH HEH HEH
MORNING
KACAMI.

HEY. YOU'RE IN
A OOOP MOOP,
WHAT'S UP?

X FINALLY OOT A
NEWER MOPEL
CELL PHONE/

OH, FINALLY?

HEH HEH
HEH... X AL-
REAPY HAVE
MY FAVORITES
IN HERE.

NOW YOU
CAN SET
RINCTONES
ANP WALLPA¬
PERS, HUH?

I HAVE TO PICK UP BE¬
FORE IT HITS THE CHO¬
RUS SO IT'S A SHAME...
OR RATHER, DON'T YOU
OET STRESSED OUT
ABOUT IT?

I PON'T WORRY
ABOUT STUFF
LIKE THAT MUCH,
BUT IS IT REALLY
LIKE THAT?

episode 56
lucky star

# Comptiq 2005 winter sampler

1% NOTE: THESE ARE SAMPLER STRIPS FOR VOLUME 1.

T

A FESTIVAL
15 A PE5TI- I'M HOT \
VAL. VAH&.

Being alone there is

t a real pain, and not

\to mention boring.

WHBNI yOU TRANSLATE
WHAT KONATA JUST
SAW, ITS A SOLICITA¬
TION TO HELP HER
BUY STUFF AT COMIC
MARKET.

I was really surprised
whenl went there
■during the summer

139

activity indicator

she Aimve
Foiiomv
ME WHEN I
WENT OUT OR

me piAmo

AROUW, AW
MIMICKEP ME.

It’s cute
because she’s

A graphic novel
is coming out
soon.

HOW TO PUT IT..'

...WHEN you
BVUCATB YOUR -
SELF, POESN'T
IT FEEL LIKE
yOUR HE/ART 15
BECOMING MORE
ENRICHEP? J

5 nutrition

for V°^ r
hear'.

fill up the stomach, too

StarJ

uuekv

01

the contents

are very $ub-
s

PENTISTS
ALWAYS TAKE
SO LOH& IN
THE TREAT¬
MENT OF ONE

I don't like doctors after all

Elucky

tan

Please do pick

AW WHEN
YOU ARB VO NE
WITH ONE
THEY SPECIFY
ANOTHER ONE,
ANP IT JUST
KEEPS COINS
FOR A LONS
TIME, RIOHT? j

please read it

m m^Aumzp to j?raw these w au

My best
regards for
the future.

143

WELL, NOR¬
MALLY THAT
WOULD BE THE
CASE, RIOHT?

iSSSSjS

don't abandon me

WHEN THERE ARE
NO PLANS FOR
MORE VOLUMES,
THEY WOULDN'T PUT
NUMBERS NEXT TO
THE TITLE, RIOHT?

Uucky

tar.

meanwhile, somewhere else

my best regards

I'M AKIRA
KOGAMI,
YOUR PER¬
SONALITY
f OR LUCKY
CHANNEL!

MORNING

LUCKIES,

EVERYONE!

SI GW... X
ALWAYS
THINK ABOUT
HOW I WANT
TO START
WORKING
MYSELF....

HINT 3: MANY
FAMOUS CHARAC¬
TERS, SUCH AS
PE COO CHARAT,
ACNDMB TENCHOU,
ANP MIKO FROM
TOCRA)NOANA WILL
MAKE CAMEOS/
COR WE PUN TO/)

HINT 2: A
NEW, PUN
PUZZLE SYS¬
TEM THAT
USES VOICE
RECOGNITION
ANP THE
TOUCH PEN/

I WONPER IF
THIS GIRL IS
A NATURAL
AIRHEAP.

lid that

ShejustsaL.

gESSS&Z

SL Star...

OH NO,

I THINK
THIS IS
| HOW THEY
PLANNEP
IT.

PROPUCTION IS
COINO WELL/
WHAT IS THE HUE !

OF THIS GAME
THAT IS PUNNING
A RELEASE FOR
SOMETIME THIS
YEAR.'?

At\east,this

show.

147

UNPER THE
CONCEPT
"LET'S PO
SOMETHING
AFFER¬
ENT THAN
USUAL,"

thesun!

WHAT IFS

IN LUCltY

■'"Tnr*

I'P LIKE you

TO SEE LUCKY

STAR UNPER

A SLIOHTLy

PIFFERENT

SITUATION/

if episode 1 was drawn today

a sadden start of plans

konata has changed TOO much, her character more so

THAN THE ART. WAIT A SEC...?

IT'S TIME
FOR THE
‘WHAT IFS

FOR i
INSTANCE,
THIS IS
"WHAT IF
X WAS A
CHARACTER
IN LUCKy
STAR"

>f( The uniform,

* finally under

MORN I NO
LUCKIES,
EVERyONE/
CREST TRUN-
CATEP)

8

if the hiiraqi twins did the staple act of if miyuki-san was a child of the izumi family

switching with each other

what is rr? rrs

TOTALLY FINS WHEN
IT'S A SMALL UP...
BUT THIS RBALLY

semsuxerr

WOULP BB A CR/MB
\ TOPOSO....

What’s with the art
^S-up there, anyway?

W-WHAT
ARB YOU
BUYS VO -
INO?

... OR
RATHBR,
THAT'S WHAT
I'PU&TO
PO, BUT...

SJ38S&

mor^danger
'ous bunch...

STUFF LIKE THAT IS
&OOV BECAUSE A BO//
OIRL SET OF FRATERNAL
TWINS SWITCH PLACES/
IF A SET OF TWIN OIRLS
ARE OOINO TO VO IT, THE
MAIN CHARACTER HAS TO
BE A BO/, ANP IN THE
AREA WHEN YOU VO IT!/

NEITHER
OF you
REALLy
OET IT/

^ySdnkLil?.

WHAT ARE
you POINO,
HONEy...?

To your own
daughter.

IN EITHER CASE, LET'S JUST STEER IT IN THE DIRECTION
THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT IN LUCKY STAR.

THIS ENDED UP 8EINO MORE LIKE THE FATHER
JOIN I NO THE TAKARA FAMILY MORE SO THAN
MIYUKI JOININO THE IZUMI FAMILY. TEE HEE.

149

mysterious scene

candy and whip (no way)

- 1

THANKS TO ALL OF

1 HELLO, EV-

YOUR SUPPORT,

1 ER/ONE. XT'S

VARIOUS PROJECTS

\ BEEN A WHILE.

SUCH AS THE CP

\ yOSHIMIZU

PRAMA ANP THE /

\ HERE.

GAMB ARE ON THE /

MOVE. y*

\> -

Tbonkvouverv I ^

cling / (

I LOVB you,

ONIICHAN!

I LOVB you,
ONIICHAN!
IfyOUPON'T
HURRY UP, I'LL
LBAVB yOU
BSHINP!

i lovb you,

ONIICHAN!

ANP SO, I HAP THS PLSA-
SURB OP VISITNG THS
\ RSCORPING OP THS VOCAL
TRACKS OP THS PRAMA CP.
Wanks to ths passion-

^TS'PSPPpRMANCSS BY THS I
'ffilCS ACTORS, THSCHARAC-

THS SCSNARJO SUMMARIZSP THS
ORIGINAL SST7JNGS VSRYWSLL, ySTAPPSP
SPISOPSS THAT JUST MAKS yOU GRIN. IT
ANPI WAS SO HAPPV
CLOUPNINS.

ITISAPHRASSI
HSAR OPTSNX/N^
GAMSS ANP S7UPP)
BUT WHAT K/NP OP ^
a srruAVON wqulp
USS THAT PHfZASS,
INRSALUPS!?/

-or so./ny An/nd
wandered m

ght'one day
__J.D.June.

JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME, I COT A LITTLE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT HER FACE
WAS LIKE.

150

o m s m

teHlft KS!

IMb E A VERY MUNDANE GREETING, BUT
N^puiplR6T ANV FOREMOST/FOR PICKING

PPpggygRyPNE.) VOSHIMIZU HERE.
febMEHOW I WAS ABLE TO ONCE AGA\N BR\NG
mm/ STAR INTO EVERYONE'S UANQS IN THE
'FORM OF VOLUME 2, ANV FOR TRATM\AM \
VERY GRATEFUL. ^

•EPIT0R5* *
SVWNYA-SAN i

*COLORING ASSISTANT*
INOXHI^NOW MXKOTO-KUN;

-Kaghmr

Yoshimizuf

I. I..

TRANSLATOR NOTES

p.2 TSUN-PERE SHORT FOR “TSUN-TSUN-DERE-DERE." “TSUN-TSUN" IS AN ONOMATOPOEIA
FOR BEING POINT/, AND “DERE-DERE" IS ONE FOR BEING MELTED AND ALL OVER A LOVED ONE.
THE TERM POINTS TO A GIRL WHO SEEMINGLY IS COLD AND “POINT/" BUT IS ALL LOVEY-DOVEY
AND HONE/-SWEET IN FRONT Op THE GUY THAT SHE IS INTERESTED IN... OR SOMEONE WHO
IS REALLY NICE AND LOOKS OUT FOR PEOPLE WHILE PUTTING UP A STRONG FRONT. KAGAMI IS
OFTEN DRAWN OUT AS SOMEONE OF THIS NATURE.

P.3 APRIL THE JAPANESE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS AND ENDS IN THE SPRING. Cl THINK I

FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IN MY NOTES FOR MAY BLUES IN VOLUME 1...)

P.6 OJ/SAN LITERALLY “UNCLE" BUT CAN BE USED AS A GENERAL PRONOUN FOR A MAN OP
MIDDLE AGE. IN THIS CASE, KAGAMI USES IT AS A PRONOUN FOR KONATA'S FATHER.

P.11 CUP FRJEP NOOPLES A VARIATION OF THE CUP-O-NOODLES. POUR HOT WATER IN THE CUP,
LEAVE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES FOR THE NOODLES TO SOFTEN, POUR THE WATER OUT, AND MIX
WITH THE SAUCE PACKET TO ENJOY FRIED NOODLES.

P.14 MOURNING IT'S TRADITION TO SEND NEW YEAR'S CARDS TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
BUT YOU SHOULDN'T SEND ONE TO SOMEONE WHO LOST A FAMILY MEMBER IN THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.

P.15 KOTATSU A TABLE WITH A HEATER, ITS LEGS COVERED WITH A COMFORTER. KEEPS LEGS
NICE AND TOAST/ IN THE WINTER MONTHS.

P.19 KAGAMI-MOCHI DECORATION FOR THE JAPANESE NEW YEAR. USUALLY TWO FLAT,
ROUND PIECES OP STICKY RICE CAKES CMOCHD STACKED ON TOP OF ANOTHER LIKE A SNOWMAN,
TOPPED BY A TANGERINE.

P.20 OZOUNt ONE OF THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE NEW YEAR DISHES. CLEAR BROTH WITH
MOCHI AS WELL AS STUFF LIKE DAIKON RADISHES, CARROTS, AND CHICKEN DEPENDING ON YOUR
FAMILY'S BACKGROUND.

OTOSHIPAMA A SMALL SUM OF MONEY GIVEN BY ADULTS TO KIDS COR ELDERS TO MINORS)
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

P.24 HANETSUKI AN OLD JAPANESE GAME TO PLAY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, WHERE A “BALL" OF A
HARD BALL WITH FEATHERS IS HIT BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WITH A WOODEN BOARD.

HYAKUNINISSHU THE TERM USUALLY POINTS TO A SET OF 100 JAPANESE SONG-POEMS
CWAKA / TANKA, A S-LINE VERSION OF THE HAIKU WITH A 5-7-S-7-7 SYLLABLE RULE) BY lOO
PROLIFIC HAIKU WRITERS OF THE TIME, COMPILED IN LATE 12TH-EARLY 13TH CENTURY, BUT IN
THIS CASE IT REFERS TO AN OLD JAPANESE GAME TO PLAY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, WHERE lOO
CARDS OF THE 100 POEMS ARE SPREAD OUT ON THE FLOOR, AND PLAYERS FIGHT TO SLAP
AND CLAIM THE CARDS AS SOON AS THE GAME MASTER STARTS TO READ THE FIRST HALF OF
THE POEM ALOUD.

P.2S ZATOU IN MEDIEVAL TIMES, THE TERM REFERRED TO A BLIND MONK WHO PRACTICED

PLAYING LUTES OR PERFORMING ACUPUNCTURE, OR A CERTAIN CLASS OF GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS. NOWADAYS THE TERM CAN MEAN A BLIND PERSON IN GENERAL, BUT THE DREAM
SEQUENCE HAS BEEN TOLD DOWN FOR CENTURIES SO IT IS PROBABLY BEST TO ASSUME THE
OLD MEANING OF THE TERM.

P.26 FUKUWARAI AN OLD JAPANESE GAME WHERE YOU ARE BLINDFOLDED AND YOU TRY TO
PLACE FACIAL PARTS ON TOP OF A BLANK FACE. THE OLD JAPANESE VERSION OF “PIN THE TAIL
ON THE DONKEY," SO TO SAY.

P.28 MATURITY CEREMONY “SEIJINSHIKI." CEREMONIES ARE HELD ON AN OFFICIAL

HOLIDAY -- THE 3RD MONDAY OF JANUARY CIT USED TO BE ALWAYS ON THE 1STH, BUT THAT'S
ANOTHER STORY) THAT CELEBRATES ALL 20-YEAR-OLDS FOR BECOMING AN “ADULT" CAS THEY
ARE CONSIDERED MINORS UNTIL THEY TURN 20).

LONG-SLEEVEP KIMONO KIMONOS COME IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT SLEEVE LENGTHS.

THE LONG-SLEEVED ONES CFURISODE) ARE RESERVED ONLY FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE NEVER
BEEN MARRIED.

SHICHIGOSAN A RITE OF PASSAGE CEREMONY HELD ON NOVEMBER IS OP EVERY

YEAR IN SHRINES TO WARD EVIL OFF CHILDREN. ALL 3-YEAR-OLDS, 5-YEAR-OLD BOYS, AND
7-YEAR-OLD GIRLS ARE THE “TARGET' AGES, THOUGH IN MODERN TIMES 3-YEAR-OLD BOYS
ARE OFTEN EXCLUDED FROM THEM. THE THREE-YEAR-OLD CEREMONY CELEBRATES THE HAIR
GROWING OUT, THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD CEREMONY CELEBRATES THE BOY'S FIRST HAKAMA CTHE
KIMONO PANTS), AND THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CEREMONY CELEBRATES THE GIRL'S FIRST REAL

KIMONO (WEARING- THE FULL SETUP JUST LIKE ADULTS, INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE SETUP MADE FOR
KIDS).

P.33 OBLIGATORY CHOCOLATE AS MOST MANGA/ANIME PANS KNOW ALREADY, VALENTINE'S

DAY IN JAPAN IS A DAY WHERE G-IRLS GIVE GUYS CHOCOLATE. THE CHOCOLATES THEMSELVES
ARE CATEGORIZED INTO "SERIOUS" AND "OBLIGATORY" WHERE THE SERIOUS ONES ARE FOR
"OMG I LOVE YOU GO OUT WITH ME" TYPES AND THE OBLIGATORY ONES ARE "I'M JUST GIVING
THIS TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU AND YOU'RE A GUY YOU'RE JUST A FRIEND/COWORKER
AND I DON'T WANT TO DATE YOU KTHXBAI."

P.37 BRIBE ”MY BRIDE" IS OTAKU SLANG TO SHOW A CHARACTER/PERSON THAT YOU LIKE

VERY MUCH CTO THE POINT THAT YOU BECOME POSSESSIVE OP THAT PERSON).

P.40 NEET SHORT FOR NOT IN EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, OR TRAINING. AN ALARMING

GROWING TREND IN RECENT JAPANESE YOUTH IS TO CHOOSE NOT TO WORK.

P.46 FAMILY RESTAURANT A RESTAURANT THAT A FAMILY CAN CASUALLY GO EAT AT. IN JAPAN,
THIS TENDS TO POINT TO A RESTAURANT CHAIN SUCH AS DENNY'S OR BOB'S BIG BOY

P.57 SECONP BUTTON A COMMON OCCURRENCE DURING GRADUATION CEREMONIES IN JAPAN
IS WHERE THE BOY GIVES THE BUTTON CLOSEST TO HIS HEART (WHICH IS USUALLY THE
SECOND BUTTON FROM THE TOP WHEN HE IS IN THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BOYS' SCHOOL
UNIFORM, THE “GAKURAN") TO THE GIRL THAT HE IS ROMANTICALLY INTERESTED IN.

P.68 ATHLETIC REFLEXES "UNDOU SHINKEI" LITERALLY TRANSLATES AS "MOTOR NERVE," BUT THE
JAPANESE PEOPLE TEND TO USE THE TERM TO MEAN ONE'S ATHLETIC ABIUTIES/REPLEXES CI.E.
HOW GOOD THEY ARE AT SPORTS) INSTEAD OF THE NERVE ITSELF SO I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF
TRANSLITERATING INSTEAD OF TRANSLATING. (THAT, AND KONATA'S "STUPIDITY" IN FRAME 4
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IP I TRANSLATED IT LITERALLY...)

P.75 NICHE THE ORIGINAL ADJECTIVE HERE IS "MANIAC," BUT I JUST DON'T FEEL THE

WORD'S "INORDINATELY ENTHUSIASTIC" DEFINITION IS AS COMMON, SO I TEND TO REPLACE IT
WITH SOMETHING MORE "TRANSPARENT."

P.89 PHYSICAL AFFECTIONS TERM ORIGINALLY USED HERE, "SKINSHIP," WAS APPARENTLY
USED ONCE BY AN AMERICAN WOMAN DURING A WHO SEMINAR IN 1953, BUT THE TERM IS
AN EVERYDAY WORD ONLY IN JAPAN. AS THE WORD HAY IMPLY, IT MEANS THE FEELING OP
INTIMACY (USUALLY THAT OF, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A FAMILY) DUE TO DIRECT CONTACT Op SKIN
ON SKIN, MAINLY BY TOUCHING OR BATHING TOGETHER.

P.107 INTERLEAGUE THE HUGE PROBLEM FOR NPB (DISCUSSED IN VOLUME 1 TRANSLATOR NOTES)
ALSO CREATED A "INTERLEAGUE BREAK" EARLY IN THE SEASON (MID-MAY TO MID-JUNE) THAT
HAS EVERY TEAM FIGHT EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE OTHER LEAGUE. CURRENTLY, EACH TEAM
PLAYS FOUR GAMES AGAINST EACH TEAM IN THE OTHER LEAGUE (TWICE AT HOME, TWICE
AWAY).

P.117 CHIN-CHIN THE COAAMON COMAAAND FOR TELLING A DOG TO "STAND UP.".. AS WELL AS
THE SLANG TERM FOR PENIS. (THE ENTIRE COMIC STRIP REVOLVES AROUND THIS SEXUAL
INNUENDO.)

P.122 -KUN BOY EQUIVALENT OF "-CHAN," THOUGH IT CAN BE USED FOR PEAAALES IN

BUSINESS SETTINGS BY BOSSES.

P.124 FROG THE PROVERB GOES, "THE FROG IN A WELL KNOWS NOTHING OF THE OCEAN."

P.143 GRAVURE IN JAPAN, THE TERM FOR THIS PARTICULAR PRINTING METHOD REFERS TO

PHOTOS OF GIRLS, USUALLY IN SWIMSUIT/LINGERIE, MUCH LIKE CENTERFOLDS.

P.146 ARIGATO I COULD JUST TRANSLATE IT AS "THANK YOU" AS WITH EVERYWHERE ELSE
BUT I WANTED TO PORTRAY PATTY'S HALF-JAPANESE, HALF-ENGLISH THING SO I KEPT IT IN
JAPANESE.

P.147 OUGONPENSETSU THE PULL SHOW TITLE IS "IKINARI/ OUGON DENSETSU" (SUDDENLY/
LEGEND OF GOLD) AND IT IS A SHOW THAT OFTEN TRIES TO TRY SILLY THINGS, INCLUDING
SPENDING AN ENTIRE MONTH ON 10,000 YEN. AS A RESULT, A LOT OF THE RECIPES SHOWN IN
THE SHOW TEND TO BE "ULTRA-CHEAP/CONSERVATIVE."

POUJINSHI SELF-PUBLISHED ITEMS, USUALLY CREATED BY PANS OF ANIME OR GAMING. CAN
BE DERIVATIVE WORKS/PARODIES OR ORIGINAL WORK.

P.150 ONIICHAN "BIG BROTHER" - MALE EQUIVALENT OP "ONEECHAN" CHOW YUTAKA CALLS
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